Dr. Mohammed Omran EGX Chairman Participates In The Preparation Meeting For The G20 Initiative For Green Funding… He Lectures In One Of Singapore's Major Universities

The German Ministry of Economic Development and the United Nations invited Dr. Mohammed Omran, EGX Chairman, to participate in the experts’ preparatory meeting to create a green Finance Forum Initiative that was acknowledged by the G20 in the recent meetings. The meeting was held in Singapore during 9 -10 January with the presence of 25 international figures involved in investment and sustainable development issues.

UN Environment UNEP program and the German Ministry of Economic Development pointed out in the letter of invitation to EGX that the invitation did not just come because of EGX intense activity in sustainability, but also because EGX is one of the founders of the United Nations Initiative for Sustainable Stock Exchanges SSE. This would have a better impact in the emphasis on the role of international initiatives to raise the capacity of emergig countries in the application of sustainability.
 
Dr. Mohammed Omran highlighted that the green Finance Forum initiative arises at a very important stage for emerging markets as it requires intensive effort to raise the benefit of emerging countries from the opportunities available in the field of green finance. Also, it gives them the chance to participate in the development and formulation of orientations international policy in this regard.
 
Omran also said that the meetings discussed the international efforts exerted to strengthen the sustainability applications at the national level in emerging countries. It also focused on applying a road map for emerging countries to encourage the private sector to participate actively in sustainability at the local level.

In same context, Dr. Omran was invited by Singapore University of Business SMU, which is one of the largest universities in Singapore, to deliver a public lecture and participate in roundtable on sustainable development and the role of capital markets to achieve sustainability. It also included the new trends in financial inclusion and responsible investment, where Omran introduced the financial instruments and mechanisms that capital markets can present to finance the post-Paris agreement obligations.